Christopher was born in Halton in 1982. He was given his first guitar at the age of four. At ten, he began to study with american guitarist John Dunn of the Mons conservatoire in Belgium. Later he studied with Andrew Barrett as an external student of Wells Cathedral school. In 1998 he won a DfEE scholarship to study there full time.
He reached the semi-finals of the BBC Young Musicians 2000
competition. In this year Christopher became a student of Carlos Bonell at the Royal
College of Music. In 2004 he graduated and he continues to live in London.
Christopher performs regularly as a soloist. He has also played in various ensembles including the group 'tonic fold' and with flautist Laura Smith. He has played in diverse venues such as the 'Spitz' in London, various arts centres around the UK including the Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre in Taunton, the Ritz Acoustic Club in Burnham on Sea and a recent recital in Stuttgart, Germany. He has also performed as a soloist with an orchestra in Alba, Italy performing a new work by composer Gabriele Roberto.
He has performed as a soloist with orchestras in London and elsewhere in the UK. Christopher recently performed Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez with the Dulwich Symphony Orchestra.
Christopher performs a wide variety of music and his programmes usually include a balance of older music transcribed for guitar, such as Bach and Scarlatti, and works by 20th century and contemporary composers, such as Britten, Walton, Brouwer, Piazzolla, Barrios, Turina, Rodrigo etc.